THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



Resolved: That the date of the annual meeting of the Society 

 be, and hereby is, changed from the second Wednesday in May 

 (as now fixed by the Certificate of Incorporation) to the second 

 Saturday in May; and that the number of Directors of the So- 

 ciety be changed, and hereby is changed, from thirty (as now 

 fixed by the Certificate of Incorporation) to twenty-one; and 

 that the necessary steps be taken to comply with Sections 14 and 

 15 of the Membership Corporation Law of the State of New 

 York in respect to such changes and amendments of the Certifi- 

 cate of Incorporation accordingly. 



The Secretary of the Society then presented to the meeting the 

 following notice, proposed amendments to the Constitution, and 

 resolution of the Council approving and recommending the same 

 for adoption by the Members of the Society at this adjourned 

 annual meeting, and stated that copies of the said notice and 

 proposed amendments had been duly mailed to each member more 

 than fifteen days before the regular meeting of the Council held 

 on May 12, 191 5, pursuant to Article XI of the Constitution, and 

 said resolution duly unanimously adopted by the Council at its 

 meeting held May 12, 1915, viz.: 



Notice is hereby given that at the regular meeting of the Board 

 of Directors or Council of The Horticultural Society of New 

 York, to be held at the Manhattan Hotel, Madison Ave. and 42d 

 St. on the 12th day of May, 1915, being the second Wednesday 

 in May, the date fixed by the Certificate of Incorporation for the 

 annual meeting of the Society, at four o'clock P. M., the follow- 

 ing proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Society will 

 be presented for approval by the Directors and recommendation 

 for adoption at the annual meeting of the Society (to be held on 

 the same day after the said meeting of the Council), viz.: 



Article I of the Constitution to be amended so as to include 

 the title " Name." 



Article II of the Constitution to be amended so as to include 

 the title " Objects." 



Article III of the Constitution to be amended to read as 

 follows : 



"Directors. — The Board of Directors (also referred to as the Coun- 

 cil) shall consist of twenty-one (21) members. The Council shall have 



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